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alloerotic

alloerotic adjective: having erotic desire for or attraction to another person of either sex.

Adjective

alloerotic (not comparable)

  1. Having erotic desire for or attraction to another person of either sex.
    • It is this loss of gratification—whether autoerotic or alloerotic (involving another person such as the mother)—that Lacan refers to as "castration."1999, Bruce Fink, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique, Harvard University Press, page 66
    Synonyms:
    heteroerotic

Synonyms of alloerotic

Antonyms

Origin of alloerotic

From allo- (“other”) + erotic (“pertaining to erotic desire”).

Words formed from alloerotic

Questions about alloerotic

What does alloerotic mean?
Alloerotic means having erotic desire for or attraction to another person of either sex.
What part of speech is alloerotic?
Alloerotic is an adjective.

Words near alloerotic in the dictionary

  1. allodynic
  2. alloemicymarin
  3. alloenzymatic
  4. alloenzyme
  5. alloenzymes
  6. alloerotic
  7. alloeroticism
  8. alloerotism
  9. alloesthesia
  10. alloexpansion
  11. allofam

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